Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and in lending oneself to the universal delusion without becoming its dupe. (Henri-Frédéric Amiel)

Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and in lending oneself to the universal delusion without becoming its dupe.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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